Proposition vs. Modal

Propositionnoun

(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

Propositionnoun

(countable) An idea or a plan offered.

Propositionnoun

The terms of a transaction offered.

Propositionnoun

In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

Propositionnoun

(grammar) A complete sentence.

Propositionnoun

The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.

Propositionnoun

An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

Propositionnoun

An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

Propositionnoun

A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.

Propositionnoun

(poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

Propositionverb

To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).

Propositionverb

To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

Propositionnoun

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

Propositionnoun

That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.

Propositionnoun

A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.

Propositionnoun

A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.

Propositionnoun

A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.

Propositionnoun

That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.

Propositionnoun

The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

Propositionnoun

(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

Propositionnoun

a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection;

Propositionnoun

an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)

Propositionnoun

the act of making a proposal;

Propositionnoun

a task to be dealt with;

Propositionverb

suggest sex to;

Proposition

In logic and linguistics, a proposition is the meaning of a declarative sentence. In philosophy, is understood to be a non-linguistic entity which is shared by all sentences with the same meaning.

Modaladjective

of, or relating to a mode or modus

Modaladjective

(grammar) of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause

Modaladjective

(music) of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical music

Modaladjective

(logic) of, or relating to the modality between propositions

Modaladjective

(statistics) relating to the statistical mode.

Modaladjective

(computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.

Modaladjective

(GUI) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.

Modaladjective

(metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes

Modalnoun

(logic) A modal proposition.

Modalnoun

(linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.

Modalnoun

(grammar) A modal verb.

Modalnoun

(GUI) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.

Modaladjective

Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.

Modaladjective

Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought, such as the modes of possibility or obligation.

Modaladjective

Pertaining to or denoting mood.

Modalnoun

A modal auxiliary.

Modaladjective

relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution;

Modaladjective

of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode

Modaladjective

relating to or expressing the mood of a verb;